Average power rating of opponents played: DUKE 76.9, BOSTON COLLEGE 73

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

DUKE - Season Results

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Team Stats

Opp Stats

Date

Opponent

Score

SU

Line

ATS

Tot.

O/U

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

12/29/2012

SANTA CLARA

90-77

W

-17

L

148

O

31-63

49.2%

40

11

28-61

45.9%

28

14

1/2/2013

*DAVIDSON

67-50

W

-12.5

W

147

U

21-46

45.7%

33

12

17-56

30.4%

34

14

1/5/2013

WAKE FOREST

80-62

W

-23

L

142.5

U

29-63

46.0%

35

6

23-56

41.1%

43

19

1/8/2013

CLEMSON

68-40

W

-15.5

W

131.5

U

27-56

48.2%

42

13

15-53

28.3%

31

13

1/12/2013

@ NC STATE

76-84

L

-1.5

L

150

O

30-67

44.8%

35

12

30-59

50.8%

34

11

1/17/2013

GEORGIA TECH

73-57

W

-14.5

W

128

O

26-65

40.0%

40

13

22-58

37.9%

43

21

1/23/2013

@ MIAMI

63-90

L

-2.5

L

133

O

22-74

29.7%

41

10

33-58

56.9%

49

16

1/26/2013

MARYLAND

84-64

W

-13

W

139.5

O

33-63

52.4%

34

4

25-60

41.7%

43

14

1/30/2013

@ WAKE FOREST

75-70

W

-13.5

L

-

28-54

51.9%

29

15

25-52

48.1%

29

17

2/2/2013

@ FLORIDA ST

79-60

W

-6.5

W

143.5

U

31-51

60.8%

27

10

23-55

41.8%

24

11

2/7/2013

NC STATE

98-85

W

-12

W

-

28-52

53.8%

32

8

35-66

53.0%

31

7

2/10/2013

@ BOSTON COLLEGE

2/13/2013

N CAROLINA

2/16/2013

@ MARYLAND

2/21/2013

@ VIRGINIA TECH

2/24/2013

BOSTON COLLEGE

2/28/2013

@ VIRGINIA

3/2/2013

MIAMI

3/5/2013

VIRGINIA TECH

BOSTON COLLEGE - Season Results

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Team Stats

Opp Stats

Date

Opponent

Score

SU

Line

ATS

Tot.

O/U

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

Shots

Pct

REB

TO

12/22/2012

PROVIDENCE

71-68

W

2.5

W

-

22-54

40.7%

41

8

23-63

36.5%

39

9

12/29/2012

HOLY CROSS

70-60

W

-

-

22-47

46.8%

32

11

26-59

44.1%

31

10

12/31/2012

DARTMOUTH

79-58

W

-12

W

-

27-56

48.2%

36

11

20-54

37.0%

29

11

1/5/2013

NC STATE

73-78

L

7.5

W

146.5

O

21-51

41.2%

31

8

24-50

48.0%

32

7

1/9/2013

@ VIRGINIA TECH

86-75

W

3

W

-

29-60

48.3%

33

5

29-56

51.8%

34

17

1/12/2013

@ WAKE FOREST

72-75

L

2

L

-

20-48

41.7%

32

17

29-57

50.9%

31

12

1/16/2013

MIAMI

59-60

L

6

W

-

20-46

43.5%

31

10

22-53

41.5%

30

6

1/22/2013

@ MARYLAND

59-64

L

8.5

W

133.5

U

20-56

35.7%

34

10

25-59

42.4%

41

14

1/26/2013

@ VIRGINIA

51-65

L

9

L

-

17-47

36.2%

23

14

27-48

56.2%

29

13

1/29/2013

N CAROLINA

70-82

L

4

L

146.5

O

25-56

44.6%

26

10

30-62

48.4%

37

9

2/2/2013

CLEMSON

75-68

W

-1

W

-

26-45

57.8%

21

14

21-53

39.6%

34

15

2/5/2013

@ MIAMI

50-72

L

13.5

L

-

20-54

37.0%

30

11

27-57

47.4%

42

11

2/10/2013

DUKE

2/13/2013

WAKE FOREST

2/16/2013

@ FLORIDA ST

2/19/2013

MARYLAND

2/24/2013

@ DUKE

2/27/2013

@ NC STATE

3/3/2013

VIRGINIA

3/5/2013

@ CLEMSON

KEY GAME INFORMATION

DUKE: Leading scorer Austin Rivers may be gone to the NBA, but Duke returns four of its five starters from its squad that averaged 77.3 points per game, but was unceremoniously bounced in the NCAA Tournament's Round of 64 by Lehigh. The key to this season's team will be senior forward Mason Plumlee, who chose not to enter the NBA Draft after a season in which he averaged nearly a double-double (11.1 PPG, 9.2 RPG). He is joined in the frontcourt by senior Ryan Kelly, who can stretch defenses as a long-range shooter (41% threes). The backcourt is led by senior Seth Curry, but with Rivers gone, he will return to his more natural position off the ball, where he thrives with a better than 40% three-point stroke in his Duke career. That will place a lot of pressure on sophomore Quinn Cook to run the point, after the Blue Devils ranked an abysmal 202nd in Division I with 12.4 assists per game last season. Freshman Rasheed Sulaimon joins the backcourt as a premier defender, while redshirt freshman Alex Murphy is expected to start from day one, giving head coach Mike Krzyzewski a vital 6-foot-8 swing player that the team lacked last season, when they often were forced into defensive mismatches with three-guard lineups.

BOSTON COLLEGE: The ACC cellar dwellers last year averaged an abysmal 59.1 points per game (323rd in nation) and will need sophomore Ryan Anderson to take a big step in his second year of college ball after leading the team with 11.2 PPG and 7.4 RPG last year. Freshman Olivier Hanlan will be asked to run the point.

Whatever happened to Duke the last time it was ranked No. 1 seems to be long forgotten.

With one more strong performance, the fourth-ranked Blue Devils could jump back up to the top spot.

Duke must overcome a unique travel situation in order to get a fifth straight victory Sunday at Boston College.

The blizzard that hit New England this weekend delayed the Blue Devils' arrival, and the team will be forced to travel to Boston on Sunday morning.

Duke (20-2, 7-2) still should have a good chance to get back to the nation's top ranking for the third time this season. It's the only member of the top 5 without a loss this week.

The team's last appearance atop the poll lasted only one week because of a 90-63 loss at ACC leader Miami, the third-worst loss ever for a No. 1 team. The Blue Devils shot a season-low 29.7 percent in that game, including 4 of 23 from 3-point range.

In four contests since, they're shooting 54.5 percent - 43.6 percent from beyond the arc - while beating opponents by an average of 14.2 points, including a 98-85 home win against North Carolina State on Thursday.

"We've been there (No. 1) twice before," said Mason Plumlee, who had 30 points on 9-of-11 shooting. "We don't go by rankings ... we're just focused on us. We can't worry about Big Ten, Big 12, Kansas, Indiana - we can't worry about all that. We'll watch the games but we're so focused on us, and I think that's what's helping us get better right now."

Plumlee, averaging 18.2 points, was also 12 of 16 from the free-throw line against the Wolfpack, finishing two points shy of the career-high 32 he had last week against Wake Forest. He's 34 of 42 (81.0 percent) from the floor over the last four games.

"I think he is playing as well as anybody in the country really," coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Seth Curry has also responded well since going 0 for 10 against Miami, averaging 20.3 points in the four games and topping 20 in each of the last three.

The Blue Devils will take any contribution they can get as they continue to play without senior Ryan Kelly (13.4 ppg), who has missed the last seven games with a right foot injury.

"We would love to have Ryan back, but we have learned to play with this group," Krzyzewski said. "I am not saying we are a great team, but we are a good team now with this group."

Duke - one of the nation's top 3-point shooting teams at 41.1 percent - could look to take advantage of a Boston College defense letting ACC opponents hit a league-worst 42.7 percent of their 3-point tries.

Boston College (10-12, 2-7) is winless in three games against Top 25 foes, including a 72-50 loss at No. 8 Miami on Tuesday.

Freshman guard Joe Rahon had 26 points in a 75-68 win over Clemson three days earlier, then went 0 for 4 from the floor and did not score in 33 minutes against the Hurricanes.

"That's what you see in freshmen and young players," coach Steve Donahue said. "We're not a team that necessarily understands how we're going to win every game. We're just trying to develop that."

Curry scored 18 in Duke's 75-50 win at Boston College last season. The Eagles have lost five straight meetings with the Blue Devils and are 1-10 in the series since joining the ACC.